Unaccounted U.S. servicemen and women to be honored in Falmouth

The Falmouth Veterans’ Council and the Falmouth Department of Veterans’ Services will dedicate a Chair of Honor in the lobby of Town Hall to commemorate the more than 91,000 servicemen and women nationally who are unaccounted for since World War I.

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By SEAN DRISCOLL

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By SEAN DRISCOLL

Posted Mar. 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM
Updated Mar 20, 2014 at 1:51 PM

By SEAN DRISCOLL

Posted Mar. 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM
Updated Mar 20, 2014 at 1:51 PM

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FALMOUTH – The Falmouth Veterans’ Council and the Falmouth Department of Veterans’ Services will dedicate a Chair of Honor in the lobby of Town Hall to commemorate the more than 91,000 servicemen and women nationally who are unaccounted for since World War I.

The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. March 28 in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room at Falmouth Town Hall, 59 Town Hall Square. The public is invited to attend.

The Massachusetts chapter of Rolling Thunder, an advocacy group for issues surrounding prisoners of war and troops who are missing in action, has been trying to bring its Chair of Honor program to every municipality in Massachusetts. The Falmouth chair is the first one to be placed on the Cape.

The specially made folding chair is black and adorned with a POW-MIA logo and a short message about the program. It costs $123 and is specially made by Hussey Seating, a Maine company that makes many of the folding chairs used courtside by NBA teams.

The purchase of the chair and accompanying decorations were funded by donations, said Julie Cramer, assistant to the director of veterans’ services in Falmouth.